Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 2, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 16 January 1830 — Page 2

Indiana Legislature. Saturday, December 26. hi me Senate, a memorial relative to the continuation of the National Road a resolution directing the attention of our Senators and Representatives in Congres?, to the procuring of a corps of United States Engineers to survey the White rivers, and if practicable, a cannl route to connect the Wabash and Erie canal with the Ohio river and a resolution recommert-

ding to the patronage of the General 'Gjvernment,tho American Colonization Society and its objects, have passed with - out a dissenting voice. A lomt fcsoiu tion, the object of which is, if possible, to procure a graduation of the price of public land?, and a donation of the refuse lands to actual settlers, has been received from the other house, and is on the table of the Senate. On this day the Senate re jected (on a motion to engross) a bill extending the right of suffrage to the election of county treasurers and collectors of revenue. The committee on the indir iarv have made a luminous, able and elaborate report on that part or

the messaze of the Governor, relative io)C0Fi WOuld be upon him, and that in so

jurisdiction over the Indian tribes within our boundaries the report afiirms the right to such jurisdiction. It will be published hereafter. In the House of Representative?, the judiciary committee, to which the several subjects had been referred, reported on Thursday ,against the propriety of proposing arrangements with our sister states, by which, in the trial of criminal prosecutions, witnesses from other states may be compelled to obGy the process of courts--against the propriety of repealing the act of last session postponing the election of Representatives in Congress until Au gust, 1831 against the necessity of any amendment to the law regulating grist : 1 1 i ? 1 1 . . . . mills and millers against the expedien cy ot amending that portion of the revenue law which makes collectors deeds conclusive evidence of the regularity of sale and against the justice of exempting revolutionary officers and soldiers from imprisonment for debt the four first of which reports were concurred in by the House, and the last was laid on the table. A joint resolution was infroduced on Tuesday, providing for taking the sense of the people on the adoption ol an advalrem system of taxation. This re solution was read the 2d time to day, and the subject is now undergoing adiscussion,on a motion to commit the resolution to a select committee with instructions to report a bill, with the view of submitting it to the people, and having them say, after examining its details, whether or not they are in favour of such a measure. The friends of the system are generally opposed to this course, preferring to submit the simple abstract-question to the people. A bill to divorce Blertha McBridefrom her husband has ben passed by a considerable majority, and sent to the Senate. One or two other bills on the same subject have been rejected. A bill has been reported from the Senate providing for locating and opening sundry state roads in the New Purchase. It has been read twice, amended, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. This bill differs but little from one introduced into the House Borne days ago. One or the other of these bills, or one made out of both of them,will pass with very little opposition. Since the foregoing was in type, the motion to commit the joint resolution relative to taking the sense of the people whether or not they are in favour of an ad valorem system of taxation, with instructions to report a bill to accompany the resolution, and be submitted to the people, has prevailed, by a considerable majority; which is considered as decisive evidence that the system will not be adopted this session. Thursday, December 31. In the Senate, a bill has passed remedying defects in the details of the present probate system. This measure may be considered as indicative'of a determination not to charge the system at present. Mr. Orr has brought before the Senate, a resoVition suspending the final location of the Wa bash and Eiie canal from the mouth of Eel river to its lower termination, with a view to reserve the power to change such termination from the northen to the southern bank of the Wabash hid. Journal, ("The balance of the proceedings, un der the above date, was given last week, from the State Gazette. IN SENATE. December 22. Mr. Stevens from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred so much of the Governors Message, as is iu these words, to wit: "The task of preparing a civil code of laws for the state has been commenc ed; but owing to a press of private and official busines?,the labors of a single in dividual, have not yet been able to place the work in as great a state of forwardness as might be wished. Without an amanuensis, or assistant, it believed that the code will be completed before the present executive retires from hi ellice. With one, its progress might be greatly accelerated. The necessity for some additional system of laws will soon

be felf. And a code, wMch shni! furnish the community with law, to enable the people to transact their ordinary atiair-s without the common expense, trouble or necessity of taking the lawyers' counsel, is one of the reforms loudly called for, in our civil polity. But a Legislature ol

disinterested members will be essential to sur.ee?. This the people can give. ' Report: That they have had that part of said message under cousideration, and iht ihev unanimous? asiee with his Excellency in believing that a "code J rt-AzV shall furnish the community with jazo to enable the people to transact their ordinary affairs, without common expense trouble or necessity of taking the lun'vcrs counsel, is one of the reforms loudly called for; and that they look forward in the most pleasing anticipation of the time when his Excellency's code shall be completed for the consummation of all their desires on that subject. In the year 1827, his Excellency informed the General-Assembly that "anticipating the necessity which must arise that it uas his in tention "to present to the Legislature a coae 0ffaTr froth civil and criminal;"' and that m taking that step, the responsibility and doing he could not be charged with iu tending to dictate, inasmuch as the constitution gave this power to the Governor. His Excellency informs us that he has commenced this code, and that either with or without an "amanuensis" it will be completed before be retires from office the committee, therefore, most confidently believes that his Excellency will complete the work wbicti he haa commenced, and that our laws will thereby be so "epitomized that a single sentence will give that information, relative to tfte common transactions of the world, which the labour of a week in books would not so cleary . . - . . -. ... -it hj establish.'1 And the governed" will . . . . . i i j i. be enabled to "Know wnai me taw is, wuuout trouble, expense or the assistance of a lawyer. But notwithstanding his Excel lency will, in all probability, complete his labors by the next session of the Gen eral Assembly, yet the whole benefit thereof may be lost to the community, the laudable designs ot his Lxcellency defeated, and the reform which is "loud ly called far by the people, and which will be thus presented to them, may be protracted forever unless theie should be a "legislature of disinterested members" The people, nowtwr, have it in their power to give a "disinterested" legislature, & it is fondly hoped that they will not so far forget their dearest rights, as to neglect so sacred a duly As it regards the employment of an amanuensis for his Excellency, the committee are not inclined to make any appropriation for that purpose, at this time. His Excellency in 1327, informed the people that the "expense and responsibility" would be on him, and they are looking for the fulfilment of that promise, and any interference on the part of the legislatare, with the scheme as presented by bis Excellency, would in all probability, meet thedecided disapprobation of the people. The committee, however, believe that the liberality of the people maybe implicitly relied on, and that if the '"code" should meet their expectations, his Excellency will be amply rewarded in doe time. From this view of the subject (he committee deem legislation, at this lime, unnecessary ; and therefore, ask to be dis charged from the further consideration of that part of his Excellency s message. Mr. McKinney moved to lay the report upon the table. He said that he was of opinion that legislation on this subject was unnecessary. He was opposed to employing an amanuensis. The governor had promised the people of the state a cede, and had assured them that the trouble and expense should be his not theirs; but he was opposed to the reasoning of the report. He, as a member of the committee on the Judi ciary, had not agreed to the reasoning of the report. Mr. Stevens, in answer said, that the reasoning of the report was not original with the committee or with the chairnan it was taken entirely from the dif ferent messages of the present governor, and adopted aa being entirely expressive cf the views of the committee. Mr. Mc Kinney, (in answer to the senator, from Switzerland,) said that he was, in committee, (as now.) opposed to the reasoning, though he approved of the conclusion of the report, viz: that it was inexpedient forthe legislature to act on the subject the governor had originated the idea of a code, and he, (Mr. McK.) wished no interference of the legislature. This code is, (said he,) the governor's project, and if it pleases the people, the honor and glory will be the governor's. Mr. Fletcher said, that he. as a mem ber of the committee on the iudiciarv. entirely accorded with the reasoning of uk; report ne naa himself perused ihp different messages of the present governand read them in committee, and from those messages the reasoning of the committee were drawn. He, (Mr. F.) said he had practiced law a little, and had understood from experience, that in law controversies, as the law now stands, facts were more a matter of uncertaint and difficulty than lawthe law he said

was very certain fads zery uncettain, the premised code would, he presumed, obviate this difficulty; it would furnish the means of rendering douttful matters of fiict perfectly plain. Such a code was indeed, he said, to be desired1 Mr. Eziing m:dc a few remarks which were not heard by the reporter. The motion to lay the report cn the table, was negatived. Messis. Dtpuwo and McKituiry, (members of the committee on the judiciary.)

rose in their places and disclaimed any agreement on their part, to Hie reason ing of the report, although the majority of the committee had agreed to it. Dec. 24. Mr. Watts bow offered the following pretest of a pait of the mem bers of the judiciary committee, to the report of the chairrnanof that committee, on the subject of a code of revised laws, to wit: The undersigned, rnafnbcr3 cf the committee on the Judiciary, disclaim all sanction to a report made yesterday morning, by S. C. Su vens, chairman of said committee, upon that portion ot the governor's message, relating to a code. The said chairman wd3 alone authorised to report legislation as inexpedient, upon the subject of a code. He has assumed the right of accompanying such a report with arguments and language never subfdtted by him to the committee, and which the undersigned do nut approve or sanction. They therefore protest against the power assumed by said S. C. Stevens, chairman of said committee, ot committing the committer by arguments and language not approved by it. JOHN WATTS. J. T. M KINNEY. The undersigned were not present at the meeting of the committee, when instructions to report upon the above sub ject were given to the chairman . They have, however, heard the report made hy the chairman, and do not hesitate to declare thtir disapprobation of it. JOHN DEPA UW. JOHN DAN 1 EI On the suggestion of some alteration in the protest, Mr. Slovens remarked, that as the chairman of the committee was singled out, he supposed it was inten ded to be personal, and so he wished it to stand on the journals. Mr. Linton, one of the members of the committee, expressed his satisfaction in the report. Much had been said in committee on the subject of the "code;' and he was of opiniou ihe report was authorised. The claim on the siate for an amanuensis, and other considerations, certainly did warrant the chairman in making the report. Mr. Walls observed that many jocular f xpressions had been made incommittee ; but were intended Jo be merely consideredrin that light. He said he conceived the report was calculated to do discredit to the state, and the body to which we belong. He said it was going a little below the dignity of their stations, to endeavor to discredit the man at the head of our state government. If the proceeding were to be confined to this hall, this county, or the stale, he would not care so much for the report; but he conceived we should not, in this manner, endeavor to bring our executive into disrepute. All that was authorised, was to report against the measure, and without going into such kind of arguments. The majority of said committee, who had made and sanctioned the report, alluded to in said protest, presented a counter statement in writing, in these words, to wit: 4We,the undersigned, being a majority of the committee of the Judiciary who ordered that report, do believe that the

report was authored by the committee, . , i i i . J i , i r desparinsr mar, whose mind has lost its and the same reasoning was had before i ? . ir i i ... . . ,, ,.. stimulus to act, and from whom he hone the committee by moat, it not all of i s c , i i , J v. i i .of tranquility has been snatched icimembcrs, as is contained in the report, V- i i i

anil was agreed to. "CALVIN FLETCHER. "WM. C. LINTON. "S. C. STEVENS." The above was also spread on the journals. Commerce of the Easi. A vessel has cleared for B-ton for Constantinople, with a view, it is said, of passing through the Black sea, "and gathering the fruiti of the opening harvest." Yale college. The annual catalogue gives the following as a list of students in this venerable institution. Theological students.47; law students, 21; medical students, Gl ; resident graduates, 6; seniors, 71; Juniors, 87; sophomores, 95; freshmen, 106 total 496. Pedlars. The Milledgeville (Geo.) Journal, states that there are not less than 100 pedlars now operating in that state; and notwithstanding the law requires all such persons to take out a li cense, only 1 1 ot the number have complied with the requisition. The fine for pedling without a license, is from &200 to $300. Juggles. The "fire king" has recently swallowed a tea spoon full of Prussic acid, without any bad consequences, though four drops of the same liquid almost instantly killed a cat, A man in New Orleans is amusing the citizens by dining on red hotccalsl' JYues.

Froa (be Journal cf Commerce'. . LETTER FROM BOLIVAR. We have been furnislud with a cop) ot a letter from hi-' xcellency the liberator, president of Columbia, to gen. O' Li.ary,daled Guayaquil, Aug.6, 1829. h is this most probably, which has given rise to the report thai Bolivar is about to abandon his country, and seek a refuge from its disquietudes beyond the sea.

We subjoin a translation: Guayaquil, Cth Aug 182?. My dear O1 Leary : Your valued letters of the Oth & 15th of July, reached me at the same time; . a . and I have attentively perused them. The information which they contain has pleased me much; and especially your suggestion that I ought not to go to Bogota during the sitting of congrtss, lest it should be said thai I have influenced their deliberations,; or overwhelmed me with their power. This is highly judicious, and it is with the best reason you mention it. I had before been advised to the same course by persons of much respectability, and my own inclination urged it u pon me still more ; but the multitude, who are not content with any security, and judge without reflection, entreat me to go immediately to Bogota.

I could wish, and I desire that you willracas asScmb!ed the day btfore y ester-

endeavor to make your opinion general, both as your own, ana that ot intelligent men. The truth is, if they press me too much, they will dishearten me more than

I now am. An idea has occured to r5ie,'prr,ITie,.t of B uota, and renour.ee the

which 1 hope yi u will consider well. jauthority 0f general Bolivar. Ger. Would it not be better for Colombia, and patZhai been called onto take ihecomfor me, and more ageeable lo the ution, I mail j? alj(j deputies have been appointed

that a president snoum De appomieu, ana I remain onlv a general. 1 could stand - - - u before the govrnment, like a bull before the herd. 1 could defend it with all my energies, and thoe of the republic. This government would be stronger than mine, because to my own energies would be added those of the government, and of the individual who should preside over m . . Ill 1 it. The government wouui oe always complete without lack of legality or auTU 1.1 thoiitv. Ihe government would be J w strong in itself, and also by the support which I should give it. It would have unity, stability, and permanence. It would not be obliged to move about, as I am, and leave immense spaces behind. Instead of subverting the whole administration by its movements, ns I am obli ged to do continually, it would form a

J e . 1 I I I witnout vanauwu, uim imuui paaemg through different hand?, as is the case at present; which tinges every thirg with different colours and in an extravagant manner. 1 could visit the departmeat?, prevent disorder, and enter upon,, a campaign, without the necessity ol abandoning the government. M, atten tion would then be all devoted to the army, and the direction of the armed force. I could go with promptness and convenience wheiever necessity or danger should call me. In this way all insurrections and all sudden attack? would be evoided, and the government would be placed on its proper foundation, enjoying perfect tranquility, and certain that 1 should present my sell in Ml parts as a wall, within which public order and domestic peace would be secure. The administration would move on without obstacles the citizens would repose in the enjoymeiit of the laws and my own reputation would regain the lustre it has lost. With it Colombia would gain much and I glory, liberty, and happiness. Unless this measure is adopted. they lose me or they lose Colombia and, in either case we are all ruined. I can not live under the weight ol a supposed ignominy which oppress me neithei for Colombia's sake, and my own! pro pose this design: insinuate it into the

system o! action wnicu wouiu proceeUjTheir detestation cf monarchy is too

mindset the legislators and of all. And'w. On Wednesday morning, betwecu I moreover authorizeyou to print an nd-jninc and ten o'clock, a female was ohdres?,full of force an eloquence, showing jserved walking backwards and forwards the utility of the adoption of this plan. " on the margin of the new river, near the

Demarquet has arrived, and brings me very satisfactory communications from gen. Lafuente and all our friends there. You can see at gen. Urdaneta's some copies-of the letters which Lafuente and Gamarra Lave sent me, for 1 have no more time, and am still feeble from a sickness which I have suffered, but from! which I am now recovering. I salute your lady with the greatest affection, and am your friend, BOLIVAR. The National Gazette publishes the following-. Extract oj n letter from Venezuela, dated Jov. 23, 1 829, received via St. Thomas,' "AtlVirs seem to have undergone a change in Venezuela, arising, as it appears, from an official proposal made h general Urdaneta, the secretary of war. to general Paez,to forward the corona tioi of Bolivar. The public voice is raised against the act in Venezuela. Death The force of this ure will be better understood in S America than in this country. By an instinct common to wild cattle, if oot to tame, the leaders cf tho herd, when dancer approaches, place themselves at the e xpe cteiJ points of sttffk; and defend the youn-j and wesker anink Tnva asnulf . Jour, rf Ow.

lo- the lyrard, death (o ihe crcwi. Ior live the constitution," is the conr.mcn cry through the streets. I.t ?erms that thia portion of the oountjy will foim a sepa

rate, independent and rt-r uhih an gcvtn. snenf. The persons cm hot d in the dungeons of Puerto C;beilo, in cru-e-quence of the Brgita conspiracy, hive been set at liberty by the garrison arc! the many persors who were bai.ishtd fremthe count! v for political opiidor., have been recalled by general Pae: . The odiou and irquisiic rial pi lice h?.i been abolished, and the hberl) cf the press has been restored by a public decree of general Pat z. You may, pe rhaps, recollect to have heard ibis distinguished officer and tiue pattiot remark ofter, that he would follow Bolivar as lone as he had no idea of errciii 4 a. monarchy, but that there hculd beT.a croiens in Colombia; the time, it appears, has arrived when he will verify hw assertion?' "Caracas, 27th Air. IS:C. 4,Ere this reaches you, you will h;v heard of the revolution, or rather thi expression of the public voice against th'j attempt, on the part of gen. Bolivar, tt establish n monarchy and place tho crown on hi3 head. The peorle of Caday, and yesterday decided in ihe mot public manner, th tt in order to insure tf o ll'Jtl ilLS Ul t. I t. Ill II 11(111 I.' . v. necessarv to seDarate her front t lie trovto lne oljier departments of Venezuela, calling a congress to make a form of government for Venezuela alone with a republican basis. Gen. B.divar has disappointed ihe.hopcs of his real friend? the friends of liberal principles throughout the whole world. It is sincerelv t be regretted that a man who had arrive.! at such a glorious height, should destroy his reputation and fame forever merely -tit fur a oauble. . 'General Parz and drctnr Bona, his secretary, and gen. Se wblette, chiel ct the stafl', are now in Valencia. They will be here on the 1Mb Of ni.it month. probably before, "I have never seen, during my resi dence in Colombia, a stronger crmoie real feeling displayed by the people cr Caracas than on the present occasion. ; clearly manifested, even for the friends cf Bolivar to say one word in Im favor. "I fear that all Colombia will be iu flame, y et in Venezuela all w ill he conhder.ee and quiet. There appear, io bj l0 dirnotion to- commit vinlei rp. general Paez is too pood a patriot iV 4 allow of any disorder." Salt Manufacture S,c There are in the country of Barnstable, Mass. 1,376,971 feet or 13,799,710 superficial cV salt works, which cost 1,379,971 dollars. 1,000,000 superficial feet have been erected during the two year? past. 2C0 bushels of salt are manufactured to a thousand feet of works. usumI measur-p. or 10,000 superficial feet. The who!;; quantity of salt made in the county, in 1829, was 393,o37 husle's, which upon an average, sells for 33 cents per bushel. The salt is generally ol good quality, and weighs 7a pounds. The aboe works are owned by 762 men, many of whom have lets than 1000 dollars invented. There have not been o manv works erected for two years pat as otherwise would have been, in consequence of the alarm about manufactures and repeal of duties. The business of making salt at present pi ices, afttr paying for work?, &c. yields a moderate proiit. Th e manufacture of salt by solar evaporation commenced during the revolutionary war, since which many, improve.ments have been made. a!cn paper, I loRFtini.E r.5i:. From a London nzcity load, by two men who had taken slither from the shower of rain ami snow. Thev saw the pcor creature tie hrr rlntlm with n n?rr rfc r she afterwards took olfher bonnet ard leaped into the water. They ran to thospot, and both plunged into the rivr rantt U.ot her out after she had been Lxmersed - ...... -. v ui CHJIli", $V, f r about live minutes. She was tak en to the Blue Coat Boy public house, in a state of insensibility, and a surgeon was sent for, by whose exertions hs v.a; resusciatcd. The poor creature had tasted no food for above three day, and had not slept in a bed for a fortnight. She is a native of Chigwell, in Iscx', her name is Elizabeth Warner. She had applied for paiish relief, but was refused because tdie had no claim on any parish in London. She was also refused relief by the Mendicity society, because so had not qualified hy bogging. lhfd sheapplied to the Magdalen she would have been refused the heneiits of in?itu tior, on the groand that bhe had not ua!iried by prositution. She was taken to Llongton woikhcuse, and when she is quite recovered irom therfllct.s of her submission she will he removed !o her parish.

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